Central Backpackers Hostel Reviews

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88%Value For Money

85%Security

94%Location

91%Staff

84%Atmosphere

80%Cleanliness

81%Facilities

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Nice hostel, very big room and good bathrooms. Breakfast was average and i thought the place lacked a nice common room. I did the 3 days 2 nights party cruise with them, and I wasn't disappointed, it is a little more expensive than what the other offer but you are sure to be taken care of and have a good time.

The good thing: hostel is centrally located, wifi works really well, free breakfast is ok and the staff is nice. The bad: worst thing is how damp it is. Extremely humid at night to the point that walls sweat and they are totally wet, no wifi in some floors, the lockers are VERY insecure. You cant use your own padlock and any key can open ANY of the lockers.

Everything about this hostel is great, location is amazing about 5/10min walk from main backpacker area but the road has incredible food and near everything you need. The bar downstairs is a little small and dark for my liking but the free beer from 7-8pm makes up for that, great place to meet people and the Halong Bay tour they provided was fantastic! So skip the tour scouting, recommend booking here and saving you the stress. We've loved it so much we're back for their Tet holiday

Nice hostel with great staff, their so friendly and helpful!
Free breakfast and free beer, which is great!
Only downside is that there's not really a nice area to hang out.
But overall I would recommend it :)

The staff were very helpful and always willing to chat and make recommendations. They also did magic tricks!!!
Free beer and breakfast!
Only problem was the dorm was incredibly damp. To the point where the walls were dripping wet. This made it VERY cold at night and in the morning. :(

Common area a bit small and dark compared to others. Matresses were like a rock; I have found those on other hostels on my trip.
The staff was super nice. I think with a little improvement in matress and renovation could look very cool. Actually there is a newer and nicer Backpackers Hostel II that I had the chance to visit and I would absolutely recommend over its older brother ;)

This hostel was great to stay at. Made some friends straight away at the free be drinks. Overall I was a pretty difficult customer due to constantly changing my mind, but the staff were brilliant. They were very patient and always took the time to answer my questions and help me get a good outcome. Highly recommended. Thanks to everyone at the hostel. Matt

We had an awesome time here. Rooms and dorms are clean and free beer was awesome. Just didn't have hot water, but wasn't really a problem for us. The stuff was super friendly and helpful so all in all we were really happy for 5US$ per night! Going there again in a couple of days

Very good quality for the price, but not the best hostel in Hanoi. If you want something cheap, this is a solid place to stay (and the free beer hour makes meeting people very easy). However, there is not a lot of common space.

There was no hot water on the fifth floor and the toilet didn't work on the fourth floor. The shower room smelled. It's a five dollar hostel so keep your standards low. They are quick to apologize, but the facility as a whole needs work. Free beer each night was nice and you can have a bread and coffee for free. Wouldn't stay again.

Great hostel. Clean, safe, friendly staff and close to the old quarter that is easily accessible by foot. Great stay here for Christmas. The staff knew how to make everyone feel like the hostel was a home away from home over the holiday period.

we had no water on the bathrooms for two out of three days of our stay.
the common area is a dungeon, it looks always dirty as well as the rooms but you only are paying 5 dollars : /
the staff is really friendly
you may be draw by the free beer but you can get that in other hostels with other perks.
good for party and in dirtiness

Hi Julio,
Thank so much for take time to review our hostel! The water problem we did imform everyone that its not just our hostel and there are no water for all of the area but it only for 2,3hour for that few day and its problem of the city and our goverment so only thing we could do is wish itsn't happend again:). we hope you and everyone will understand for us! for cleaning we do daily so i have no idea whats standard of your clean? we will you will enjoy your next trip. Regards!

100%

Stayed there a whole week, loved the one hour of free beer every night!